Chapter 26 Helping in Times of Need 2

Feng Qingxue wiped the sweat stains from her tiredness and said with a smile: "What's enough? I'm not just after your things. If it's really for money, I'll go to the black market and see that there's no one who is unwilling to buy, and there are many people who are willing to exchange jewelry. But you two old people, I'm afraid you can't take so much food, while it's still dark, I'll use this flatbed truck to deliver the food to your home."

"Thank you so much, my daughter."

How could Aunt Xu refuse? If she really had an intention, she wouldn't have tried to get them so much food. Their background caused many people to stay away from them.

Everyone generally eats two meals a day and gets up very late. Feng Qingxue and the others dodged along the way and didn't meet anyone.

When they arrived at Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu's house, the three of them exclaimed their luck.

Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu lived in a small wooden house next to the public toilet behind the department store.

A lonely wooden house with no yard, low and short, is definitely a portrayal of cold in winter and hot in summer.

Aunt Xu was quite calm and said, "The country has arranged jobs for me and Old Xu, one sweeps the streets and the other sweeps the toilets. It's a match made in heaven. It's very convenient to live here." Her tone was full of self-mockery.

Feng Qingxue sighed and held her hand, "Auntie, it will pass eventually."

"Yes, it will pass, but I don't know if we can wait until that day."

While they were talking, Uncle Xu first carried the sack into the house, then moved a bed in the house, opened the entrance to the cellar under the bed, poured the grain into the wooden barrel inside, and returned the sack to Feng Qingxue, without hiding anything from her.

Feng Qingxue didn't ask more questions, but took out the things in the backpack, "Uncle, Auntie, take it to replenish your body."

In addition to a small bag of rice and a bag of millet in the backpack, Feng Qingxue also prepared thirty or forty eggs, two bacon and more than a dozen sausages for them to eat.

Aunt Xu's appearance and temperament made her unable to help but be nice to them.

Aunt Xu covered her mouth, her face full of tears.

"My daughter, you are like this, I don't know what to say."

Grandpa Xu also felt that the things he had prepared to exchange for food were not good enough. After covering the cellar, he moved the wooden bed back to its original place, said something to his wife, and went out.

"My daughter, sit down." Aunt Xu took Feng Qingxue's hand and asked her to sit on the edge of the bed.

There were no tables and chairs in their house. There was only a coal stove and a small bed in the room. There was a small iron pot on the coal stove, and a few honeycomb coals were piled next to it. There was a wooden box at the head of the bed, and on the lid were two sets of bowls and chopsticks, two enamel pots and a thermos with a bamboo shell.

Aunt Xu took the enamel pot and poured a pot of hot water for Feng Qingxue, "My daughter, please don't laugh at me for not treating you well."

"How could that be, Auntie, everyone's life is very difficult." Feng Qingxue took the enamel pot.

The thermal insulation performance of the thermos should not be very good. The water in the enamel pot was warm, not boiling hot, but just right for drinking.

Feng Qingxue was thirsty after running all the way, so she drank it all in one breath without any disdain.

Seeing that their bedding was very thin and the cotton inside had hardened, Feng Qingxue put the enamel pot in her hand on the lid of the box and whispered, "Auntie, I will bring you some cotton and fur goods in a few days to make winter clothes and quilts."

Auntie Xu also sat on the edge of the bed, holding her hand, "My girl..."

Feng Xiaolou noticed that her hands were shaking slightly, she was excited and moved.